London-based startup Paid raises $21.6M to revolutionize AI billing by enabling companies to charge customers based on actual results delivered rather than traditional usage metrics, addressing the critical issue that 95% of enterprise AI projects currently provide no measurable value to businesses.
Google deploys AI-powered ransomware shield for Drive desktop users that instantly detects attacks and stops cloud syncing to prevent infection spread, training on millions of encrypted victim files to protect enterprise customers on Windows and Mac systems.
New AI recruiter Dex scans tens of thousands of job postings every four hours to match tech workers with hidden roles at AI labs, hedge funds, and startups, using personalized chat sessions to understand candidate preferences and surface opportunities not found on traditional job boards.
Accenture slashes 11,000 jobs from its 791,000-person workforce in an $865 million AI transformation restructuring, threatening to terminate employees who fail mandatory AI training programs despite 7% revenue growth.
JPMorgan Chase deploys AI platform across 250,000 employees that creates investment presentations in 30 seconds and automates processes, while planning 10% staff cuts in consumer banking as workers transition from content creators to AI managers.
Lufthansa announces massive restructuring plan cutting 4,000 administrative jobs by 2030 while investing in 230 new aircraft as part of ambitious strategy to achieve €2.5 billion annual cash flow and 8-10% profit margins through digitalization and fleet modernization.
Salesforce slashes 4,000 customer support jobs as AI bots now handle half the company's workload, reducing human staff from 9,000 to 5,000 positions while CEO Marc Benioff credits 'Agentforce' technology for the dramatic workforce reduction.
Nearly 37% of companies plan to replace workers with AI by 2026, with high-salary employees and those lacking AI skills facing the greatest risk as businesses prioritize automation and cost-cutting amid economic uncertainty.
Chatwoot's AI agent 'Captain' malfunctions by randomly responding in Spanish and making incorrect decisions, exposing critical gaps in AI monitoring as the industry splits between OpenTelemetry's broad adoption and OpenInference's AI-specific features, with experts warning against fragmented observability standards that could hamper debugging of increasingly complex AI systems.
AI coding tools promise 10X productivity gains but trap developers in endless cycles of fixing and debugging machine-generated code, forcing engineers to adopt new management practices treating AI like inexperienced junior developers who write fast but lack business context understanding.